Milk-pail holder.



PATENTED FEB. 7, 1905.

D. A. GAHILL.

MILK PAIL HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED 001 .13. 1904.

, INVENTOR WITNESSES W ATTORNEY UNITED STATES Patented February 7, 190-5.

DANIEL A. UAHILL, OF TORRINGTON, CONNECLICUT.

MILK-PAIL HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 781,713, dated February 7, 1905.

Application filed October 13, 1904. Serial No. 228,324.

1.?) It IIJ/I/OIII/ it may concern.-

Be itknown that l, DANIEL A. CAHILL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Torrington, county of Litchtield, State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Milk-Pail Holder, of which the following is a specification.

Hy invention has for its object to provide a strong, durable, and inexpensive holder for milk-pails and similar uses.

it is of course well understood by those who have milking to do, either on a small scale or a large number of cows, as on a dairy-farm, and whether milking in a stable, yard, or lield, that it is desirable to support the milk-pail above the ground, the common way being to hold the pail between the knees, which is frequently quite inconvenient and is always tiresome. as considerable strength is required.

In order to overcome the difticulties of supporting a milk-pail both on a level and on rough or hilly ground, I have devised a simple, inexpensive, and adjustable milk-pail holder which may be adjusted to support a milk-pail tirmly and solidly either in a level position or at an angle and either on smooth or uneven ground.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is an elevation illustrating my novel milk-pail holder as in use, a milk-pail being indicated by dotted lines; and Fig. 2 is a similar view from a point of view at right angles to the point of view in Fig. 1.

ln use a milk-pail, which appears in dotted lines only and is indicated by 10, rests upon two supporting-plates 11, which are provided with lugs 12, against which the edge of the pail rests, and with spring-clamps 13, which retain the pail in place thereon. These clamps each comprise a hook 1 1, which clamps over the rim of the pail, as clearly indicated in the drawings, means for attachment to one of the plates, as a hook l5, and intermediate hooks it and 15 a coil-spring 16. It should be understood, however, that my invention is not limited to any special means of attaching the clamp to the plates. in lieu of hooks l5 threaded rods passing through the plates and having thumb-nuts on their lower ends may and are provided with threaded shanks 20,,

which pass through the carrying-blocks.

Thumb-nuts 21, which enga e the shanks and bear upon the carrying-blocks, act to lock the blocks to the standard by clamping the standard between the blocks and the clips. The supporting-plates are otlset from the blocks and lie in a plane above the plane of the blocks, thus providing ampleroom for the thumb-nuts. vThe standard is supported by three legs, (indicated, respectively. by 22, 23, and 24,) all of which are adjustably secured to a body 25, to which the standard in turn is adjustabl y secured. The body is provided with concave blocks 28, in which the standard lies.

26 denotes a clip, which slides over the standard and is provided with a threaded shank 27, extending downward through the body, and a nut 29, which engages the shank and bears on the under side of the body, thus locking the body and standard together by clamping the standard between the clip and the blocks on the body. The body is provided at one end with a cross-piece 30, each end of the crosspieee being provided with concave blocks 31, in which the upper ends of legs 2 and 23 lie and slide freely.

32 denotes clips which slide over legs 22 and 23 and are provided with threaded shanks 33, which pass through blocks 31 and are eugaged by thumb-nuts 34:, which bear upon the outer faces of the blocks. It will be noted that legs 22 and 23 may be independently adjusted by loosening the thumb-nuts and sliding the legs in the clips and blocks. After adjustment the legs may be locked in place by tightening up the thumb-nuts, thus lock ing the legs to the body by clamping them between the concave faces of the blocks and the clips. At the other end of the body is a concave block 35, which is hinged thereto, as

at 36. Leg 24 is adjustably secured to block 35 by means of a clip 37, through which the upper end of the leg slides and which is provided with a threaded shank 38 and a thumbnut 39 in the same manner that the other legs are locked in place that is, by being clamped between the clips and the concave faces of the blocks when the thumb-nuts are turned down. In order to provide an angular adjustment for leg 25, the pin 40 of the hinge is made to eX- tend beyond the hinge, is threaded, and is provided with a thumb-nut t1, the leg being locked at any desired adjustment by tightening up this thumb-nut.

The operation of my novel milk-pail holder will be readily understood from the foregoing description in detail and requires but brief description. vVhen used in a stable or upon level ground, having once adjusted the supporting-plates to the required height by adjustment of the legs no changes will ordinarily be required. \Vhen using the device upon uneven ground, the legs may be adjusted in the manner described to suit the requirements of use. If it'is desired to hold the pail at an angle, thumb-nut 29 may be loosened and the standard carrying the supportingplate may be oscillated on the body, or thumbnuts 21 may be loosened and the holding-plates oscillated upon the standard. To adjust the supporting-plates to any size of pail, they are moved toward or from each other longitudinally on the standard. Having adjusted the supporting plates at the required distance apart and at the required angle, they are locked in position by tightening up the thumb-nuts. The milk-pail is locked in position on the supporting-plates by placing hooks 1 of the clamps over the rim of the pail, as indicated in the drawings, the springs yielding sufliciently to permit the engagement of the clamps with the pail and retaining the pail securely in place.

Having thus described my invention, I claim 1. In a device of the character described the combination with a horizontal standard, of adjustable supporting-plates for a pail, lugs on said plates for engagement with the lower edge of a pail and yielding clamps connected to the plates and adapted to engage the rim of a pail.

2. In a device of the character described,the combination with a horizontal standard, of adjustable supporting-plates for a pail, lugs on said plates for engagement with the lower edge of the pail and clamps connected to the plate and having hooks to engage the rim of the pail and intermediate the hooks and the connections to the plates coil-springs, whereby the clamps are made yielding.

3. In a device of the character described the combination with a body, supporting-plates secured thereto and means for retaininga pail on the supporting-plates, of legs 22 and 23, clips by which said legs are adjustably secured to the body, a block 35 hinged to the body and a leg 24: adjustably secured to said block.

' 4. In a device of the character described,the combination with a body and pail-supporting plates adjustably secured thereto, of two legs adjustably secured to the body, ablock hinged to the body and a leg adjustably secured to said block.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

DANIEL A. CAHILL.

Witnesses:

A. M. Woosrnn, S. W. ATHERToN. 

